[matilda] A poem

[Kathleen Holliday]

aMparo, Thank you so much. This is a breath of fresh air. I feel warm an
comforted that this poet sees that every living being is sentient and that
we are all one living. I wish that everyone knew this.
love Kathy




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From: "aMparo" <amparo2yo at telefonica.net>
To: "M.A.T.I.L.D.A." <matilda at lists.aktivix.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:52 PM
Subject: [matilda] A poem


> *This poem by Chilean Andres Fisher (currently at N. Caroline) is
> dedicated as a translation to A. M., --he knows what for.
>
> *
>
> *PERLAS CHALLAY *(*)
>
>
> i.
>
> My brother is the cat who leaps the garden wall.
>
> My brother is the dog who sniffs between cars.
>
> My sister is the cow who takes the mallet on her forehead.
>
> My brother is the pig in grazing pastures and the slaughterhouse.
>
>
> ii.
>
> My sister is the baby whose nappies I change with her legs held in my
hand.
>
> My sister is the mother bear and the woman with who I share the night.
>
> My sister is the magpie who perches at the far end of a rugby field.
>
> My brother is he who paints with his hands in the middle of an orchard
> of avocados.
>
>
> iii.
>
> My brother is he who looks from the mirror as I clean my teeth.
>
> My brother is who harvests apples at the edge of the forest.
>
> My brother is he who writes to the mouse, to the feeble and to the poet.
>
> My brother is he who with no head on his shoulders holds it firmly
> between his hands.
>
> -----------
>
> (*) [Nicanor Parra] Almost from the antipoet.
> Original in Spanish by Andres Fisher. Translated by AF and R.O.
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